here's some advice from Ogden Nash:
Always Marry An April Girl
Praise the spells and bless the charms,I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true --
I love April, I love you.
which is really an excuse to consider
A Flea And A Fly In A Flue
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
which is a good moment to consider again
What a Wonderful Bird the Frog Are
What a wonderful bird the frog are
When he stand he sit almost:
When he hop he fly almost.
He ain't got no sense hardly;
He ain't got no tail hardly either.
When he sit, he sit on what he ain't got almost.
(anon.)
I tried to write something in similar vein:
The sidewinder snake
scribbles sssss in the sand;
spelling what she say
as she slithers away;
how smart is that?
Okay, I'm not Ogden Nash, not even anon.
